As summer and peak travel season begins, a highly transmissible new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or "Nimbus," is spreading in the United States. The mutated omicron subvariant, which caused surges in parts of Asia this spring, now accounts for more than one-third of cases in the U.S., new data show. ...

Although NB.1.8.1 is causing a rapidly increasing proportion of cases in the U.S., COVID trends — including test positivity and hospitalizations — remain stable. As of June 6, the level of COVID viral activity in wastewater is “low” nationally, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Hundreds of laid-off CDC employees are being reinstated More than 460 laid-off employees at the nation’s top public health agency are being reinstated. That’s according to a union representing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workers. AP News

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services confirmed reinstatement notices went out to the former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees, but provided few details.

Four Ways Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Undermine Access to Obamacare - KFF Health News The combination of the House-passed spending and tax bill and the Trump administration’s regulatory action could change Affordable Care Act enrollment and the cost of insurance. The result, according to the Congressional Budget Office, is that millions of people may become uninsured. khnjuliea KFF Health News

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